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Post by katie on Apr 30, 2020 13:13:41 GMT
I said I was going to put up this thread to see if it is something that people can relate or even be more or less a cause to why we daydream the way we do.
I did put up a thread before I was a mode here asking people if they were comfortable in what they think cause this disorder. Mine was been so unwell for a long time and been bullied for so long. I do remember I didn't deal with emotion very well use to blank it out until something happened to me that I could not escape from like when I was bullied at the time it was happening to me I was so upset and would carry that around with me for the rest of the day no release from it until I could go home and daydream.
As years went by my daydreaming got worse use to store my negative emotions that I could not cope with to be way I wanted to daydream and then I learned what self regulation was for to stable emotions and urges that where not good for me and help calm down in a way. So if something goes wrong and it bugging me so much that I always just need someone to talk and reassure me I am ok and then I am fine again.
It was always clear for my psychiatrist that I had issues with emotions and she said I have really bad emotion unstable issues and extreme anxiety and depressive moods and when I saw a psychologist when talking to her about my daydreaming and all sorts of issues I have she could tell that my maladaptive habits are self regulation related maladptive daydreaming been one.
They added traits of borderline personality disorder to my file around my discharged day but I do remember my psychologist saying that I need to learn about self regulation by a therapist but they have scrapped that idea and are comfortable with my therapist I have now even doe I know getting self regulation therapy would help a great deal.
I have seen Somer research leaning towards our disorder been that we have issues with emotion but think that was seen within daydreams don't know if I am wrong in saying that any input to clarify this would be grateful.
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Post by Sam on May 4, 2020 20:52:42 GMT
Emotional self-regulation is basically about managing disruptive emotions and impulses. They don't really teach kids to self-regulate, and especially if you grew up in an environment where you were punished for showing emotion or just didn't really learn to deal with your emotions in a healthy way, you end up with issues in regulating your emotions. Like, say something happens that makes you really sad, like a breakup or something. Obviously, you're allowed to, and should, express your sadness. But the difference between people who can and can't self-regulate is that people who can self regulate express their emotions, go through their grieving period, and then move on. People who can't self regulate are likely to get stuck in that sadness instead of moving on at a healthy pace. It also impacts your impulse control and whether you immediately lash out when something unpleasant happens. I actually found an article about self-regulation here. For MDers, I can definitely see daydreaming as being an attempt to self regulate. For me, I never really learned how to process emotions when I was younger, so it's difficult for me to do it now as an adult, and daydreaming is easier than actually using therapeutic strategies to process my emotions. For example, watching a movie that has a lot of interpersonal contact and, like, relationships and stuff, brings up a lot of emotions in me--loneliness, jealousy, some other weird stuff that I have trouble naming... If I was able to properly self-regulate, I would be able to feel those emotions and then respond to them in a healthy way, like refuting any mistaken beliefs that I might have about myself. But since I can't, daydreaming is my way of processing those emotions so that they don't stay bottled up in me. When I get angry, I daydream to avoid giving in to the impulse to lash out and scream at people.
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Post by katie on May 5, 2020 13:12:12 GMT
Emotional self-regulation is basically about managing disruptive emotions and impulses. They don't really teach kids to self-regulate, and especially if you grew up in an environment where you were punished for showing emotion or just didn't really learn to deal with your emotions in a healthy way, you end up with issues in regulating your emotions. Like, say something happens that makes you really sad, like a breakup or something. Obviously, you're allowed to, and should, express your sadness. But the difference between people who can and can't self-regulate is that people who can self regulate express their emotions, go through their grieving period, and then move on. People who can't self regulate are likely to get stuck in that sadness instead of moving on at a healthy pace. It also impacts your impulse control and whether you immediately lash out when something unpleasant happens. I actually found an article about self-regulation here. For MDers, I can definitely see daydreaming as being an attempt to self regulate. For me, I never really learned how to process emotions when I was younger, so it's difficult for me to do it now as an adult, and daydreaming is easier than actually using therapeutic strategies to process my emotions. For example, watching a movie that has a lot of interpersonal contact and, like, relationships and stuff, brings up a lot of emotions in me--loneliness, jealousy, some other weird stuff that I have trouble naming... If I was able to properly self-regulate, I would be able to feel those emotions and then respond to them in a healthy way, like refuting any mistaken beliefs that I might have about myself. But since I can't, daydreaming is my way of processing those emotions so that they don't stay bottled up in me. When I get angry, I daydream to avoid giving in to the impulse to lash out and scream at people. Thanks Sam well put and the article is very good my therapy has different way and odd things that I have to do to start my brain knowing how to self regulate and my traits of borderline personality disorder is one mental health disorder that is diagnosed with people that have self regulation issues. I know with bpd the emotion goes high and it takes a while to go down to baseline and something else can make it go up again. Sometimes when I am not well it takes a few days for the emotional pain to go away fully.
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Post by zadish on May 31, 2020 5:13:59 GMT
I can relate to a lot of things being said in this thread. I think my Madd stems from pent up emotions. As a kid, i used to have a strong desire to bond, and also obsessively talk about a particular obsession (for example, an inspirational role model, or a new hobby). Kids thought i was awkward so they stayed at bay, while teachers thought I was a joker, so they slapped me around to straighten me up.
My older brother used to bully and torture me a lot. He loved to humiliate me in public by calling me his dog. Later on in life, we became hommies after we got high on magic mushrooms and he apologized for all the years of abuse. I instantly forgave him, but I continue to daydream to this day.
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Post by katie on May 31, 2020 9:47:05 GMT
I just got an update on the last research study on emotion regulation that whoever here took part in for Somer and his team on a website that I found a few years ago that had his research on it and it update it first before they update his The International Consortium for Maladaptive Daydreaming Research website. One of his studies that's not confusing me.
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